Role of UVA in the pathogenesis of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer: A short review

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 212-216

  Rünger, Thomas M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Non melanoma skin cancer; Oxidative DNA damage; Ultraviolet light; UVA

Indexed keywords

DNA;

DNA DAMAGE; MELANOMA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

EID: 0032694150     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.1999.tb00090.x     Document Type: Review

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